Pail handle



Jan. 4, 1944- R. L. IBIREWTON PAIL HANDLE Filed Dec. 13, 1941 .llll lllll.

-hll lll" I A Patented Jan. 4, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE son & Bennett Manufacturing 00.,

Chicago,

111., a corporation of Illinois Application December 13, 1941, Serial No. 422,867

2 Claims.

Heretofore handles for metal or steel pails have frequently been secured to the ends or covers of the pails by plates or bearing members riveted or spot welded to the covers, or in some instances secured by piercing the covers and having portions of the plates extending through slots and fastened on the inside of the covers. All of these fastening methods are more or less objectionable for reasons which are familiar to those manufacturing such pails or containers. The present invention is intended to overcome such objectionable features and to provide means for securing a handle to a pail or container without piercing the wall of the container and without the use of welding,

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved method of fastening a handle to a container such as a pail or can and to the structure resulting from carrying out such method; to provide novel means for securely hinging a handle to the wall of a container; to provide a container having a handle pivotally attached thereto by means of a hinge member mechanically secured to the container by forming a portion of the container wall around a coacting portion of the hinge member; and to provide such other novel features and improvements as will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention,

Fig. l is a top view of a pail or container provided with my improved handle construction;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig 1; and

Figs. 4 to 7 inclusive are sectional views illustrating the method of attaching the handle.

As shown in these figures, 8 represents a container such as a metal pail having a wall 9 which, for convenience, is represented by the cover or head although, of course, the handle may be secured in any convenient location. The handle I is preferably formed of round wire and of convenient size and shape to be grasped by the hand, the lower portion of the handle being preferably straight as shown at H for engagement with the bearing or hinge member [2.

The method of fastening the handle is illustrated in Figs. 4 to '7. The bearing or hinge member l2 comprises a plate which is first bent to substantially U-shape as shown in Fig. 4 with depending legs or sides l3 having outwardly extending flanges l4 along their lower edges. The bearing member is next formed around the lower reach I I of the handle to provide a substantially closed bearing with the leg portions l3 pressed together as shown in Fig. 5. A handle receiving groove or depression I5 is formed in the wall or cover 9, this groove being of the proper length for receiving the flanged leg portions I3 of the bearing. The handle Ill with the bearing or hinge member I2 is then held adjacent to the cover with the flanged leg portions extending into the groove l5 as shown in Fig. 6. The side walls It of the groove are then formed or pressed in against the adjacent walls or sides of the leg portions l3 so as to embrace the flanges l4 and hold the bearing rigidly in position in the cover as shown in Fig. '7.

From this description, it will be seen that I provide a novel and simple method of attaching one part or element such as a handle to another member such as a container whereby the first member will be securely fastened without punching or slitting the cover. If desired, the cover may have a groove or depression I1 under the handle as shown in Fig. 3 to permit the fingers to engage with the handle to swing it to raised position.

While I have shown and described my method as particularly applicable to fastening handles, it may be used for fastening other members or for fastening handles to different forms of containers and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the particular method or arrangement shown or described except as specified in the following claims.

I claim: 1. In combination, a container wall having an I integrally formed, inwardly extending cylindrical socket with a slot which is narrower than the internal diameter of the socket, extending outwardly through the wall, a handle formed of round wire with a lower portion substantially straight, and a cylindrical bearing fitting around said straight portion, said bearing having integrally formed leg portions with outwardly extending flanges, the leg portions and flanges extending I into the socket and being securely held therein by interengagement with the walls of the socket.

2. The combination of a handle formed of wire and of convenient size and shape to be grasped by the hand and having a relatively long straight lower portion, an elongated split tubular ear fltting around said straight portion and having depending sides with outwardly extending flanges along their lower edges, and a container head having an integrally formed socket enclosing said depending sides and flanges, the walls of the socket impinging upon said sides above the flanges and fastening the ear in the socket.

ROBERT L. BREWTON, 

